Home › Words › N › nanooknanooknanook means A polar bear.EtymologyBorrowed from Inuktitut ᓇᓄᖅ (nanoq, “polar bear”).nounA polar bear.e.g.“Let's build a nanook. A big one. Almost as big as a real one!” — 1935, Armstrong Sperry, One Day with Tuktu: An Eskimo Boy:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.kodiak 60% match — A Kodiak bear. vs nanook →inuk 58% match — A member of one of the several indigenous peoples from the Arctic who descended from the Thule. vs nanook →eskimoan 55% match — Of or pertaining to the Eskimos. vs nanook →grolar 55% match — A hybrid cross between a polar bear and a grizzly. vs nanook →angekok 54% match — An Eskimo/Inuit sorcerer or shaman. vs nanook →oogruk 53% match — Synonym of bearded seal. vs nanook →ursuk 53% match — Synonym of bearded seal. vs nanook →snowrabbit 53% match — A rabbit that inhabits regions frequently covered with snow. vs nanook →